A pension is a pension. I haven't seen any DTA which differentiates except for government employees who were working in both jurisdictions, such as embassy staff etc
It's been postponed until "next year" as the government is looking at combining the 300 baht "tourism tax" into the application process and it seems agreement has to be reached with the participating banks
I was actually asked earlier this year at CW to show my pension statement. First time ever in many years. They took a copy and said it is for "tax reasons". It could be with the changes to taxation laws in Thailand they will notify the Thai Tax Office that my income is from a pension, which therefore means it's not taxable. I don't know of anyone else who has been asked, but other retirees I know are switching to DTV as there's no financial criteria
I was speaking generally with reference to the bulk of expats from "western countries". The vast majority of these who are on pensions which are not taxable in Thailand
Actually the Thai tax office does know. Anyone in the country for more than 180 days in the calendar year and remits untaxed money is liable for taxation. Anyone who has already paid tax on remitted money can use tax credits to offset any taxes payable in Thailand. Any pensioner remitting pension money from another country does not pay tax
You send it EMS and enclose an EMS envelope for them to return it so it's trackable. Turnaround is about 7-10 days. Total cost is less than 100 baht (72 baht from memory last time I did it)
